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Sunday, May 2, 2010
MPS Challenge 12
Here is the last challenge I did over at the MPS blog. "Make a scrapbook page, card, or other project using an animal or critter." I used create a critter for the lamb.
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MPS Challenge 10
For this challenge we had to "Make a project using flowers or something Springy!!" I choose flowery paper, made a flower using George and also used my flower border punch.
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MPS Challenge 9
Yes, I know, I skipped a few in there... For this challenge we had to "Make a shaped card, shaped scrapbook page, or shaped project!" I used a few of my son's birthday pictures and put them in the shape of a 3.
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MPS Challenge 5
" Create something for Teacher Appreciation Week OR for someone you appreciate." I made a Thank You card for my Son's teacher.
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MPS challenge 4
Challenge 4 was "Make a project using your least favorite or least used cartridge" I used Fablous Findes, I can't remember the last time I used this cart! It's still not my favorite and I had a hard time even picking out something to use on it, but I made it work.
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MPS Challenge 3
For this one we had to "Think Outside the Box. Do something on your scrapbook page, card, or other item that you wouldn't normally do. Add something fun or crazy!!" For mine, I used my Cricut Marker which I actually sold these because I never used them, but couldn't find the red one at the time of the sale, so I will be giving this one to the buyer next time I see her :) Also I hand written something, I hardly ever journal on my pages so this was a challenge for me!
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2nd MPS Challenge
For our second challenge we had to "Make a project incorporating your scraps!" This one was super simple for me because I have so many scraps of everything! Even the ribbon used was scraps!
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MPS Challenge 1 on NSD
Our first challenge was to Make a scrapbook layout, card or other item with your mother or someone dear to you in mind. Here is what I came up with. The inside says "Happy Mother's Day" I made one for my mom and one for my MIL. I used George for the flower and curled the peddles and glimmer misted them as well. Sorry the picture is kind of blurry, I took several and this one was the one that came out the best on this dark gloomy day.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Change in hobby for a while...
Well, I really haven't been in the mood for scrapping lately. I'm not sure why, one of my friends had mentioned that she heard that the average length for a hobby is 7 years, well guess what.. my 7 years is up for scrapping. I don't think I'm done, I just think I need a little bit of a break from it. I found myself just throwing pages together and not even being proud of them. I'm sure I'll still continue developing my pictures as they are on sale, and buying the newest product (I got the G for Christmas)
In the mean time, I have found a new hobby. Crocheting :) I find it so relaxing. So far I have made several wash/dish cloths for practice, then matching Hat, Scarf and fingerless mittens! I'm looking forward to making some sun dresses for my daughter, a new scarf for my oldest son, and something neat (not sure what yet?) for my middle son.
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Because civil and criminal cases differ in cause and outcome, the process by which they move through the court system also differs:
How a Civil Case Moves Through the Court System
Let's imagine Mr. and Mrs. Smith were driving in their car and were hit from behind by Mr. Driver. Mr. and Mrs. Smith first meet with a lawyer to decide if they should sue Mr. Driver for damages (losses due to their injuries), such as medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
Filing Suit. Mr. and Mrs. Smith sue Mr. Driver in the Superior Court in the county in which they live. The case usually takes about a year to prepare before the trial is held. During this time each side investigates their case and is allowed to obtain information from the other side.
Trial. Mr. Driver asks for a jury trial and says the accident was not his fault. At trial, six adults sit on the jury. Attorneys for both sides present their evidence to the jury. In a civil case, the attorney for the plaintiff must convince the jury that the defendant is liable by a preponderance of the evidence, meaning it is more likely than not that Mr. Driver is responsible for Mr. and Mrs. Smith's injuries.
Jury's Verdict. The judge instructs the jury to decide the facts and apply the law to those facts in reaching their decision. The jury deliberates (meets and discusses) in private until they reach either a unanimous or majority decision. The jury awards $250,000 in damages to the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The court then issues an order, ordering the defendant, Mr. Driver, to pay Mr. and Mrs. Smith the $250,000 the jury awarded.
Appeal. If Mr. Driver and his lawyer think there was an error in the trial and that they should have won, Mr. Driver's lawyer can prepare an appeal to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
How a Criminal Case Moves Through the Court System
Arrest. Let's imagine that police suspect Peter Piper has committed the crime of burglary. First, Mr. Piper would be arrested and charged with burglary. The police would then provide information of the arrest to the county Prosecutor, who may then file charges in the court of the county. [Note: Which court depends on the organization of the county. In most cases, the charges would be filed in Superior court because burglary is a felony.]
Initial Hearing. Mr. Piper would then be brought before the judge in the county where he was arrested. If Mr. Piper had not yet secured an attorney before the trial, he would be appointed a Public Defender at his initial hearing. After consulting with his attorney, Mr. Piper would then enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. The judge will then release Mr. Piper on bail, or Mr. Piper could be detained until his trial date.
Trial. Mr. Piper is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Mr. Piper asks for a jury trial and is tried in Superior court. The jury listens to the evidence to determine whether Mr. Piper is guilty or not guilty of burglary. In a criminal case, the prosecutor must convince the jury that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, meaning the jury is as certain as is reasonably possible that Mr. Piper committed the burglary.
Jury's Verdict. The judge instructs the jury to decide the facts and apply the law to those facts in reaching their decision, called a "verdict." If the jury finds that Mr. Piper is not guilty, then the case ends and Mr. Piper is free to go. If the jury finds that Mr. Piper is guilty, then the judge will sentence Mr. Piper. The jury deliberates (meets and discusses) privately until they reach a unanimous decision. The jury finds Mr. Piper guilty of burglary.
Sentencing and Appeal. The judge sentences Mr. Piper to ten years in prison. If Mr. Piper and his lawyer think there was an error in the trial and that Mr. Piper should not have been found guilty, Mr. Piper's lawyer can prepare an appeal to the Indiana Court of Appeals. If Mr. Piper had been charged with murder and sentenced to death, or life without the possibility of parole, he could appeal directly to the Indiana Supreme Court.

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WASHINGTON, U.S. - It has been less than a week since 51-year-old research psychologist from northern California, Christine Blasey Ford publicly identified herself as the woman who levelled accusations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, the man who is fighting hard to win a lifetime appointment as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Ford has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during their teenage years and spoke about the allegations publicly for the first time on Sunday in an interview with The Washington Post.
Since then, her accusations have been closely scrutinized and have jeopardized the confirmation process of Trump's nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Now, amid calls for Ford to testify, the woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has said that she is willing to testify next week.
However, Ford has signalled that she would not testify on Monday as Republicans have demanded.
A report in the Guardian, which was first quoted by the New York Times said that Ford had written an email to the Senate judiciary committee, which quoted her lawyers as saying that Ford "wishes to testify, provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety."
The email, a copy of which the Guardian said it had seen, reportedly said that a Monday hearing is "not possible and the committee's insistence that it occur then is arbitrary in any event."
The report further noted that Ford's lawyers stressed that she is willing to cooperate but would prefer that the committee "allow for a full investigation prior to her testimony."
After Ford's identify as the woman who accused the Supreme Court nominee was made public, an uncertainty regarding Kavanaugh's nomination took hold.
The revelations that followed further locked the committee in a stalemate over the need to hold a high stakes public hearing with the accuser and the accused.
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Subsequently, Grassley announced that he is planning a hearing on Monday and said that both Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford have been invited to the hearing.
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A line of finished Saleens awaits final detailing before being loaded into the waiting enclosed car transporter. Note the custom Saleen front-nose assembly and how well it matches the stock body contours and paint color.
There is a rich tradition in America of specialty companies taking factory high-performance cars and adding unique character and style to them to make them special. The Yenko Camaros and Shelby Mustangs of the '60s immediately come to mind. These cars have appreciated fantastically in value over the years, a testament to their intrinsic value and desirability to begin with. To be sure, others have tried to do the same, mostly to make a fast buck. Every single one of these impostors has gone down in flames, making cars that were little different from the factory original and not worth the money when new, let alone years later as a collector car. There is one legitimate exception to this history: the Saleen Mustangs of racer and enthusiast Steve Saleen.
The first thing that happens to each incoming Mustang GT in the transformation process is to strip the car of its engine, suspension, exhaust and more. Jimmy Moore says that sometimes the Saleen assembly teams find mistakes or omissions in the construction of the original Mustang from Ford. This Mustang GT was missing the lower radiator mounts, the radiator being held in place by the upper and lower hoses only. Needless to say, the error was caught and the correct Ford parts were installed. This is an added feature that goes into every Saleen, since the level of attention to detail in prepping a standard Mustang for delivery is rarely this involved, and such problems, while uncommon, are rarely found by dealers.
With the engine bay gutted, the assembled and prerun hi-po 351 engine is removed from its pallet, hung on the adjustable engine chain and carefully dropped into the waiting compartment. Saleen uses a special front-end cover that extends from the left door all the way around the front of the car to the right door, protecting all the body panels in the process as shown here. The engine is mated to a Tremec 3550 five-speed HD transmission.
Steve Saleen, a longtime racer and performance enthusiast, first applied his talents to massaging Mustangs in 1985. This corresponded with the beginning of the revival of the Mustang as a low-priced musclecar with performance worthy of the ponycar name. From a small start, Saleen has grown over the years. There are many reasons why Saleen succeeded where all the others have failed, but the most important is that Steve injected a real element of his personality and enthusiasm into his Mustangs. A Saleen Mustang of the '80s was one that handled exceptionally well, yet did not detract from the supple and compliant ride characteristic of the basic Mustang. As the years rolled by, Saleen began adding more and more in the way of power modifications as well. After 10 years of production, Saleen Mustangs are indeed far different from the standard Mustang GT you can buy at any Ford dealer. As a matter of fact, Saleen Mustangs now employ an entirely different engine, the 351 Windsor instead of the 5.0 powerplant we have all come to love.
In order to install the special Saleen body components front and rear, the stock bumper covers are completely removed, exposing the expanded foam reinforcement in the bumpers. A custom-designed Saleen one-piece body panel covers the front nose and rear bustle. Notice the conical air filter that Saleen installs in the right front fender.
Saleen maintains a small fleet of press/publicity S-351s. Periodically, they are overhauled and brought up to the latest specifications. One thing that has always been true with Saleen Mustangs is that the technology never stands still, with each model year reflecting improvements over the previous model year.
We obtained special access to the production facilities at Saleen in Irvine, California, and recorded the process that the company goes through to transform an ordinary Mustang GT into an extraordinary Saleen Mustang. The Saleen Mustang's aura of exclusivity starts at the very beginning, with an attitude among the Saleen production staff that exudes the highest professionalism, an attitude that "nothing but perfection is good enough." This attitude seems to be imbued into every Saleen Mustang that rolls out of its doors and into the enclosed 18-wheel car haulers that are waiting to take the plastic-wrapped Saleens to the special Saleen dealer that ordered it. Then it is finally ready to be delivered to the customer.
The front brakes are 101/2-inch diameter rotors on all S-351s, but the customer can opt for the larger 13-inch front rotors, complete with four-piston racing calipers. The 13-inch rotors are grooved for cooling, and the combination is very close to the brakes used on Steve Saleen's race cars. Notice the Saleen Racecraft front struts, which employ urethane bushings at the top.
When the conversion into a full Saleen Mustang is complete, a full engineering validation test is conducted on the public roads. Last, each car is detailed to show-car standards. The entire body is washed and polished, the tires and wheels are detailed, the interior is vacuumed and cleaned, the glass is spit-shined and everything is made perfect. The car is then fully wrapped in plastic and loaded into an enclosed delivery 18-wheeler. No Saleen is transported across country in an open trailer the way stock Mustangs are. When a Saleen gets to the dealer, it is so clean and ready that no prep is necessary, and the car is immediately available for delivery to the customer.
The production of a Saleen Mustang starts with an order from one of the 75 national Saleen authorized dealers. Normal Ford Motor Credit financing is available for these cars, which makes acquiring one of them no different than the purchase or lease of any Ford product. This is an important factor that has helped Saleen become a success. Most Saleen dealers keep a Saleen Mustang in stock in their showrooms for immediate sale to the customer. However, if a customer wants a different color, a convertible or other option that was not ordered for the dealer's showroom Saleen Mustang, a special order can be placed directly to Saleen. According to Jimmy Moore, production manager for Saleen, it takes only four to five weeks to deliver a finished Saleen Mustang to the dealer once an order is received. This is about half to a third of the time it normally takes to special order a Mustang from Ford Motor Company. Given that a customer becomes quite anxious for the delivery of his new steed once the contract is signed and the deposit money is laid down, this is good news.
The stock dash unit is removed and converted to a 200mph speedo and white-face gauges. It helps to remove the steering wheel in the process. The stock wheel is reinstalled later, retaining the airbag designed into the wheel from Ford. If the customer opts for the supercharger, the stock clock on the dashpanel is removed and replaced with a boost gauge and a fuel-pressure gauge that is fed by a steel-braided line, a la race cars. As another option, the seats can be ordered in leather instead of the standard Saleen/Recaro cloth logo design.
The Saleen facilities are all collocated--the parts division, the car division and the racing team. The building is modern and sleek, not where you would imagine an automobile constructor to be located.
Saleen orders cars directly from Ford's Dearborn Assembly Plant (DAP) where Mustangs are made. All Saleen Mustangs start life as a stock Mustang GT. At one point in the past, Saleen built its cars from V6 Mustangs, but it no longer does. Saleen takes delivery of the unregistered Mustang GTs under a special provision that allows it to qualify as a small auto manufacturer in its own right. Thus, when the final car is delivered to the customer, it is legally a Saleen, and the customer will be the first-ever registered owner. This is important to those who buy a Saleen with an eye toward keeping it forever and wanting to prove its authenticity and pedigree.
When the delivery truck from Ford's DAP arrives at Saleen's facilities, the cars are unloaded and brought into the assembly facility. Saleen uses a team-build concept. Each Mustang stays in one place as a team of technicians swarms over it in the great traditions of the best European and American coach builders from days gone by. There is no production line at Saleen, where each worker does only one small task on the car. The assembly team does the whole job from start to finish based on the unique work order that accompanies each Saleen. Quality is superior with this method, although the bean counters at America's largest manufacturers would say it costs too much to do it this way.
Unique body panels are a trademark of Saleen Mustangs. This hood is an optional carbon-fiber unit that can be requested on any S-351.
Steve Saleen came down from his offices on the second floor to autograph the inside of the trunk on one of the newly completed S-351s for a customer who requested it.
Each Mustang GT is first put up on jackstands, whereupon it is disassembled in preparation for reconstruction as a Saleen. The disassembly process is quite extensive--it has to be because significant changes are made to turn the base GT into a real Saleen. The entire stock 5.0 engine is completely removed and sent to the parts department. In its place, a Saleen-designed 351W engine, which is assembled by a Ford Motor Company engine supplier in Texas, is installed. The 351 engine is pure Saleen, with a special Saleen-designed intake manifold, 30lb injectors, a Saleen 77mm mass-air meter and a 65mm throttle body. The engine also benefits from special Saleen-spec cylinder heads and Saleen ceramic shorty headers. The camshaft profile is also changed, substituting a Saleen-spec bumpstick that matches the electronic fuel injection and bigger intake breathing, yet is also 50-state EPA legal.
An extensive parts warehouse is included in the Saleen facility, ensuring that everything needed for construction of an S-351 is on hand at all times. Total construction time takes about 60-70 man-hours, far more than it takes to build the original car at Ford's assembly plant. The team assembly method is slower, but attention to detail and quality is far higher.
The front sway bar installed is a big one, corresponding to about 34 mm in diameter. This greatly reduces body roll in the corners, yet keeps the ride supple on the straightaways.
Saleen is one of the few specialty automotive companies that has ever obtained federal EPA certification of its cars. This is great news for those who do not want a "gray market" car, and there is never the need for trepidation when a Saleen Mustang has to go through annual emissions inspection in those states that have such programs. The other good news is that the Saleen 351 engine is rated at 371 horsepower in its naturally aspirated configuration. This is about a 150hp increase over the stock 5.0 engine--a whopping 75-percent increase! As we said earlier, Saleen Mustangs are fundamentally far different from the Mustang GTs they start from.
Something important to all Saleens is the registration of each car. During assembly, registration numbers are hand stamped on the ID plates, which are mounted on the firewall under the hood and in the interior. A third ID number is installed elsewhere, in a secret location, to help verify the pedigree of every car ever made, if necessary.
When it comes to the chassis improvement Saleens are famous for, the stock springs, shocks, struts and front sway bar are completely removed. In their place goes a huge 13/8-inch bright-red Saleen tubular front sway bar. A tubular sway bar is hollow and saves a lot of front-end weight compared to standard solid steel bars. Springs are replaced at all four corners with Saleen-spec custom units. Rates on these springs are higher and the car sits lower as a result of them, but from firsthand experience, we can attest to the fact that ride quality remains excellent--no rock-hard suspension here.
Special Saleen adjustable front struts and rear shocks are installed as well. These units are custom made for Saleen with the right valving that Steve Saleen feels makes for the best ride and handling combination with the springs that are used. The struts employ polyurethane bushings at the upper tower mount, as does the Saleen sway bar.
The master log stays with each S-351 during its entire stay at the Saleen facility, occupying a special pocket in the front of the protective cover that surrounds the front end of each car.
All Saleens are given a unique serial number that is reflected on the underhood panel and the dash plaque. The last two digits are also inscribed below the front left headlight.
Appearance items and creature comforts are carefully addressed as well. All Saleens get a special 200mph speedometer, and all gauges are changed to white faces. Custom Saleen/Recaro cloth bucket seats are installed in place of the stock front seats, and the stock rear seat is reupholstered in the same Recaro material used in the front seats for a perfect match. Saleen floor mats are installed, as well as a special Tremec shifter with a Saleen leather-and-suede shift knob.
On the outside, special Saleen graphics are applied, along with ground-effects-style side body panels. A completely new nose and rear-bumper assembly are installed, as well as a unique rear wing that comes on all S-351 Saleen Mustangs, a trademark of all Saleens over the years. All body panels are painted in the original Ford Mustang body color to match the original GT. No special paint colors are used with Saleen Mustangs, so whatever Ford offers each year is what a Saleen can be ordered in. The graphics package comes in one of four colors: blue, white, silver or gold. This includes an angled hash stripe on the side body and a Saleen windshield graphic, which Saleen calls a windshield banner.
There is still more to the Saleen story that we will explain through the photos in this article. However, it should be noted that the standard Saleen is the S-351 that comes with the 351ci Windsor engine. A unique, specially made Vortech 8psi supercharger can be optioned for the motor, as can a whole lot of other options as well. The other Saleen Mustang is the Saleen SR. It comes with lightweight racing seats in the front, no rear seat and a special carbon-fiber hood, all designed to save weight. It employs the same 351W engine, but the supercharger is standard. The Saleen SR is more like a Mustang Cobra R model, but it retains the air conditioning, power windows and stereo. Saleen used to offer an entry-level V6 model, but demand for the S-351 became so strong that all production resources are being channeled into these cars. Despite the advent of the overhead-cam 4.6L engine in 1996, Saleens will continue, at least for the immediate future, with the powerful 351 engine. Down the road, as Saleen develops sufficient custom parts and power levels from the 4.6L engine, it may find its way into the Saleen line, but only if the performance can be brought up to Saleen standards. There is no pressure to do this, since the 351 engine is an EPA-certified powerplant in its own right.
In the end, a Saleen is truly a special vehicle, worthy of inclusion with the Yenkos and Shelbys of yore. Each year, Saleens have gotten better and better, diverging further and further from the stock design to now become unique cars in their own right. The prices range from the 30s to the 50s for one of these exclusive cars, but given that you get things that cannot be purchased from Ford at all, like the 351 engine, full EPA certification and full warranty honored by your local Ford dealer, a Saleen is indeed something special. 5.0


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Despite allowing five runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings, Halladay (10-7) improved to 4-0 in his last five starts. The right-hander walked three and struck out six.
Juan Pierre and Chase Utley both had three hits for Philadelphia, which finished with 15 hits while winning its 14th in the last 18 games. The five-time defending NL East champion Phillies, who reached .500 for the first time since June 4, are making a late playoff push. They began the day five games behind St. Louis in the NL wild-card race.
Giancarlo Stanton homered for Miami, which has lost nine of 13. Stanton went deep for the 14th time in his last 17 road games to up his league-leading road total to 21 homers.
Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 33rd save in 37 chances. He was the last of 12 pitchers used in the game, with each team sending six to the mound.
The Phillies jumped in front 3-0 in the first inning, highlighted by RBI singles from Carlos Ruiz and Domonic Brown.
Miami closed within 3-2 in the third on an RBI single by Justin Ruggiano and sacrifice fly by Jose Reyes
Philadelphia got a run back in the bottom of the frame on Utley's RBI single, and then took a 5-2 lead in the fifth on Pierre's RBI single off Nathan Eovaldi (4-12), who gave up five runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
Stanton launched Halladay's first pitch of the sixth inning deep into the seats in left to bring the Marlins within 5-3. It was Stanton's 34th homer, tying his career-high set last season.
Halladay got that run back himself in the bottom of the frame, lining a single up the middle off Chris Hatcher to drive in Michael Martinez who had doubled. It was the second RBI of the season for the light-hitting Halladay, who entered batting .152.
And Rollins followed by blasting a two-run homer to right to put Philadelphia ahead 8-3. Rollins shouldn't have gotten the chance, as Marlins catcher Rob Brantly dropped a routine foul pop and was charged an error on the pitch before the homer.
That looked to be plenty of runs for the Phillies, but the Marlins scored four runs against four Philadelphia pitchers in the seventh.
Halladay departed after facing three batters, culminating when Bryan Petersen doubled home Brantly. After giving up an RBI single to Justin Ruggiano, it looked as if reliever Josh Lindblom was going to end the inning but second baseman Utley had a sure double-play grounder go through his legs to extend the inning. The Marlins scored two more on RBI singles by Carlos Lee and Greg Dobbs, to get within 8-7.
Rollins' sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh scored John Mayberry Jr., who had doubled, and put Philadelphia ahead 9-7. The Phillies left the bases loaded when Ryan Howard flied out to center for the final out.
Notes: Ruiz, having a career year, was back in the starting lineup for the first time since Aug. 2. He was on the DL from Aug. 3 through last Friday with a left foot injury. . Christopher Suprun, a paramedic and firefighter who was a first responder to the 9/11 attacks of the Pentagon, threw out the first pitch. Suprun was one of many military, fire and police personnel recognized by the Phillies on the evening. . Dobbs went 1 for 3 against Halladay and is batting .533 (8 for 15) against Halladay. . Miami RHP Josh Johnson (8-11, 3.81) is scheduled to face Phillies LHP Cliff Lee (4-7, 3.50) is the finale of the three-game set at 4:05 Wednesday.


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- Allen Carr's Easyway to stop Smoking
- Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome
- Black Mirror
- Vincent Browne
- Michael D. Higgins vs. Michael Graham
- Steubenville Rape Case
- The Amanda Knox Case
- Imprisoned But Innocent
- Homestuck
- ESA Planck Mission
- Cyprus
BlendoveR is a fun, hard-hitting pod-cast where rules are regularly thrown out the window in favor of honest, open commentating opinions. Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), and Terr Ciavarra (Media Nox from medianox.bandcamp.com), we stray on to any topic that presents itself or wanders off onto its own tangent.
Allen Carr's Easyway to stop Smoking
Allen Carr's Easyway to stop Smoking – Amazon
Allen Carr's Easyway to stop Smoking – Official Site
Redditors helping Redditors to Stop Smoking
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome
David Eick on 'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome' And The Future of 'BSG'
Wikipedia – Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
Black Mirror
Charlie Brooker: there are scripts for series 3 of Black Mirror
Vincent Browne
Irish Journalists don't mess around
Vincent Browne Making Bankers Squirm
Michael D. Higgins vs. Michael Graham
Michael D Higgins v Michael Graham (Newstalk 106-108fm, 2010)
Wikipedia – Michael D. Higgins
Wikipedia – Michael Graham (radio personality)
Wikipedia – Michael D. Higgins
Steubenville Rape Case
CNN no-comments outcry over breaking coverage of rape verdict
Henry Rollins comments on Steubenville Rape Case
How Blogger Helped Steubenville Rape Case Unfold Online
A Pandora's Box on Public Shaming
Steubenville Football Players Found Guilty in Ohio Rape Trial
Two teens found guilty in Steubenville rape case
The Amanda Knox Case
Amanda Knox "very anxious" ahead of Kercher retrial decision
CNN: Amanda Knox (U.S.) vs. Amanda Knox (Intn'l)
Italian court to rule on Amanda Knox retrial
Italian Supreme Court ruling on Amanda Knox retrial expected within hours
Italy court delays until Tuesday decision on whether US student Knox's murder acquittal stands
Imprisoned But Innocent
Cancer-stricken man, 58, who was kept in solitary confinement for TWO YEARS with no trial after DWI arrest is finally awarded $15m after prison appealed payout
Fred Steese: Man Who Served 20 Years For Murder He Didn't Commit Could Return To Jail
Man Found Innocent After 20 Years in Prison
Stephen Slevin, Dona Ana County Detention Center inmate, awarded millions after months in solitary
The tragedy of Stephen Slevin: torture within the US
ESA Planck Mission
European Space Agency Releases Image Of 14 Billion Year Old Light From Begining Of The Universe
New Map Of Universe Shows What Earthly Physics Can't
The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins
The Universe Is 13.82 Billion Years Old
Asian shares, euro spooked by Cyprus bailout details
Cyprus bailout: Banks to stay closed until Thursday
Cyprus VOTES NO to bailout plan!
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Obesity is a complex condition that raises serious health risks and can contribute to a lower quality of life.
The definition of obesity is simple: It's the state of having too much body fat.
But in reality, treating and managing obesity is anything but simple.
Obesity is a very complex disorder that isn't just a cosmetic concern — being obese puts you at risk for a variety of diseases and health problems.
Excessive body fat is linked to:
- Type 2 diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Some types of cancer
Worldwide, the prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
And the social and economic consequences of obesity — including higher healthcare costs, lost workplace productivity, and lower wages — are having profound effects throughout the United States and around the globe.
Obesity and BMI
Obesity is generally assessed using body mass index, or BMI.
BMI takes both a person's height and weight into account and is expressed in units of kg/m2 (kilograms per meter squared).
BMI levels for adults are categorized as follows:
- Normal weight: 18.5 to 24.9
- Overweight: 25 to 29.9
- Obese: 30 or greater
Obesity is further classified as:
- Class I obesity: BMI = 30 to 34.9
- Class II obesity: BMI = 35 to 39.9
- Class III obesity: BMI 40 or higher
Morbid Obesity
Some health organizations also refer to people with a BMI of 40 or more as "morbidly obese."
Morbid obesity may also be defined as being more than 100 pounds over your ideal weight, or having a BMI of 35 or more with an obesity-related condition such as high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes.
Being morbidly obese places people at much higher risk for health problems than being slightly overweight or obese.
BMI Calculators
There are many online tools that will calculate your BMI.
Adults can use this BMI calculator to determine their body mass index.
Children should use a different BMI calculator than adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides this BMI calculator for children ages 2 through 19.
Obesity and Pregnancy
Obesity can negatively affect fertility in both women and men.
In women, obesity is associated with anovulation (lack of ovulation, or release of eggs from the ovaries).
In men, obesity is associated with low semen quality, decreased libido, and erectile dysfunction.
For obese women who do conceive, obesity raises the risk of such pregnancy complications as:
- Gestational diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Miscarriage
- Preeclampsia (a serious complication of late pregnancy)
- Abnormal labor, often leading to Cesarean section
Fetuses of overweight or obese women have a higher risk of:
- Prematurity
- Stillbirth
- Congenital anomalies (birth defects)
- Macrosomia (being overly large)
- Childhood obesity
Losing weight before pregnancy and minimizing weight gain during pregnancy can help to lower these risks.
Obesity in Children
The World Health Organization calls childhood obesity "one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century."
Obesity not only lowers a child's quality of life during childhood, but overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and to develop obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease at a younger age.
While global childhood obesity rates are difficult to track with certainty, an estimated 43 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2010.
Of those 43 million, 35 million lived in developing countries.
In the United States, data collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) show that childhood obesity rates have more than tripled over the past three decades:
- In the 1970's, 5 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 19 were obese.
- By 2008, nearly 17 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 19 were obese.
The short-term health risks associated with obesity in children include:
- Cardiovascular risk factors
- Prediabetes
- Bone and joint problems
- Sleep apnea
- Social stigmatization
- Poor self-esteem
Long-term risks include those risks associated with obesity in adults.
Learn More About Obesity Causes
Learn More About Obesity Treatment
Learn More About Bariatric Surgery
Learn More About Obesity Complications
Learn More About Obesity in America
Editorial Sources and Fact-Checking
- Obesity Prevention Source: Child Obesity; Harvard School of Public Health.
- Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health; WHO.
- Obesity in Pregnancy; American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology.


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When apartheid was dismantled in South Africa, many expected the lives of its black population would improve but promises of land distribution and new homes have not been fulfilled, as Hugh Sykes discovered.
In a community of shacks on a hillside near Johannesburg, a man complained to me:
"We didn't like apartheid, but some things were better under apartheid than they are now."
In a community of shacks on a hillside near Durban, a man complained to me:
"Life here under apartheid was bad, but now it is more bad."
I felt slightly unsettled hearing this.
It seemed like questioning a sacred belief - that apartheid was an unmitigated, 100% evil system.
But there is less idolatry here now, as it dawns on most people that the new South Africa is still scarred by extreme poverty and high unemployment.
No paradise
Of course, Nelson Mandela continues to be lauded as the hero of the liberation of black South Africans from the oppressions of apartheid.
But he is also being criticised for changing the direction of the South African economy from active state intervention to neo-liberal, free-market economics.
During his presidency, the government switched from RDP - the interventionist Reconstruction and Development Programme - to Gear, which stands for Growth, Employment And Redistribution.
RDP promised paradise - clean water, mains drainage, land redistribution and a million homes - all in five years.
But paradise did not come. The economy of South Africa simply could not bear the cost.
So the finance system switched to Gear.
Part of the thinking was that it would help to develop a substantial black middle class, whose taxes would then trickle down to the poor.
The middle class did develop, but the problem with trickle-down is that it is just that - a trickle.
Houses 'an insult'
Millions of South Africans still live in shacks.
Rain and dust get in, there is no security against burglars and shack dwellers have to go out to public stand-pipes to fill up containers with drinking water.
And there is no proper lighting which - quite apart from the obvious inconveniences - makes it very hard for children to get their homework done on dark winter evenings.
A former African National Congress activist, "Bricks" Mokolo, told me it is still very hard to criticise the government here.
He says everybody has been, as he put it, "made to love the ANC, made to love Nelson Mandela" and "made to feel small" if they dare to complain.
Mr Mokolo tells me angrily: "I didn't wait for Nelson Mandela. I too fought for my freedom. I was tortured in an apartheid jail."
He was tortured so brutally that prison officers thought he was dead. After leaving him in a mortuary fridge overnight, they dumped what they thought was his dead body in a field.
Mr Mokolo says that housing, especially, was better under apartheid than it is now.
He calls the new houses that are being built all over the country an insult because they are significantly smaller than the old matchbox homes that the apartheid government built in the townships.
"The ANC government now," he insists, "is simply an extension of the apartheid government. There's still separate development," he goes on, "there are still townships, 20 years after liberation."
His conclusion: "There were places for blacks in those days. Now they are the same places. They've just changed the word. They've changed black, to poor."
World Cup threat?
This is a radical outlook that I have heard much more often than on previous visits.
A wave of strikes over the past few weeks is evidence of mounting frustration, despite the undeniable success of the growing black middle class in their smart homes and fast cars.
"But what about us?" say the rubbish collectors who were on strike for 10 days in April, or the train and dock workers who were out for more than two weeks this month.
Mineworkers were about to go on strike, too, a few days ago and were only stopped by a court order.
If they had stopped work, there could have been a threat to power supplies during the World Cup.
All the same, stadiums are taking precautions, installing generators and back-up generators.
This reminds me of the last World Cup, when I was in Baghdad - power cuts, blanked-out TV sets during some of the games.
That surely cannot happen here, can it?
Need a South Africa tag!


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Joe Miller has been a designer at Atari, a senior designer at the international public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, and since 1987, principal of Joe Miller's Company, a design firm concentrating on the image and identity of high technology corporations and cultural institutions.
Joe Miller's Company clients include Compaq, Hitachi Data Systems, Trend Micro, and Arts Council Silicon Valley. Pro bono clients include Works/San José, and Free at Last. Joe Miller is also known locally for his poetry and spoken-word performances. He has been a member of the Graphic Design faculty at San José State University, since 1988.


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Rolling Stones fans will have a year to go out of their heads at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Dolly Varden frontman Steve Dawson has a gig with Alton Smith and Colby Maddox tomorrow night at the Old Town School Of Folk Music. Local band The Astronomer is also on the bill.
Jeff Kelley, star, writer, and producer of the Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff weekly internet show has some special plans for this season's finale on March 10th. Regular contributor Willy Deal and artist Dave Metzger, along with my wife Pam and I, are among the people slated to contribute comedy bits. Even our cat Phoebe got involved. Kelley is looking to create short, stand-alone clips to be shown on Blip and YouTube, along with his regular show.
Author/writer/model car maker Dean Milano wants to know if anyone has a photo of The Deep End teen club that rocked in Park Ridge from 1967 - 75. He's looking to help a friend, who I assume is working on a book. Please feel free to contact me via email if you or someone you know can help out Dean and his friend. I'll pass the info on to them.
It's only The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame but they like it. The Rolling Stones will be honored with a special exhibit at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame that will honor the group's half century of making great music. Rolling Stones: 50 Years Of Satisfaction will open May 24th and run through March, 2014. The exhibit will include a number of rare items never seen by the public before.
Deepest sympathies go out to the family and friends of musician/producer Dan Stock, who recently passed away from cancer. Stock performed with the band, Bruiser, and worked at the Uptown Recording studio. One of his last accomplishments was to organize Danstock, a benefit to raise funds to help others cope with the disease.
With all the snow that fell across America in recent weeks, the timing couldn't be better for the band Vegas With Randolph to release a video for its catchy tune, "Snow Day." The clever lyrics take the point of view of a kid anxiously listening to the radio to find out if his school has closed due to inclement weather. The music is matched perfectly with vintage footage of kids having fun with the white stuff.


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Four people's lives are hopelessly entwined as the descendants of two opposing groups' search for a map that holds the clues to national treasures stolen during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Jang Dol Mok (Ji Hyun Woo) is the descendant of General Baek San, who led the independence movement against the Japanese occupation. When the father of Hong Il Gwon, a pro-Japanese businessman, stole all the nation's most valuable treasures, Baek San and his followers stole them back and hid them in a secret location marked by a map. Il Gwon (Jang Gwang), now Chairman of the powerful Cheon Moon Group, is determined to find the missing map and recover the valuable treasures for his own greedy needs. In the process, Il Gwon's actions results in the death of Deul Mok's parents, and Jang Pan Soo (Ahn Kil Kang), the grandson of another liberation fighter, takes Dol Mok in and raises him like a son, alienating his own son, Min Jae (Nam Da Reum), in the process. Believing his father is an unredeemable thief, Min Jae leaves home. He changes his name to Han Joon Hee (Kim Ji Hoon) and grows up to become a prosecutor, trying to go after the corrupt politicians, businessmen and law enforcement officials who are taking bribes from Il Gwon. Kang So Joo (Seohyun) is the daughter of a police detective who covered up some crimes for Il Gwon but was mysteriously killed when he tried to do the right thing. Years later, So Joo also becomes a police officer but ends up losing her job as a result of a corrupt prosecutor. When So Joo proves herself to be unfazed by bribery attempts, Joon Hee hires her to work for him as an investigator for the prosecutor's office to help him go after dirty politicians. Yoon Hwa Young (Im Joo Eun) is Il Gwon's granddaughter. Although she is a highly educated attorney, she must wage an uphill battle for her share of her grandfather's inheritance from her half-brother, Lee Yoon Ho (Han Jae Suk), because she is the descendant of Il Gwon's mistress. Dol Mok, who doesn't remember his real identity, becomes a highly skilled thief who goes after the hidden money of corrupt people like Il Gwon to give back to the people who have been wronged. But will his elaborate lifestyle help him find what he wants most in life — his estranged older brother, Min Jae?
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As the United States Senate resumes debate on financial regulatory reform, I want to share some of my concerns with several aspects of the bill passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The financial crisis has clearly demonstrated the need for reform. It is important, however, that reform does not mistake symptoms for root causes or overreach in ways that could lead to unintended consequences. If we don't enact the right reform, we may end up sowing the seeds of another, unintended crisis.
I believe that the most important challenge that reform must address is the too-big-to-fail problem (TBTF). If equity investors and creditors do not seriously believe that their money is at risk and that any financial firm can fail, regardless of size, then they will remain inclined to take on too much risk. More importantly, creditors, if they perceive any possibility of a government backstop, will have less incentive to monitor the risk-taking of the owners. Under the current system, when stock and bondholders of TBTF firms win, they profit, but when they lose, they become eligible for a government bailout. Such an arrangement clearly leads to moral hazard. We only need to look at Fannie and Freddie for the outcome. Reform must end the belief that some firms are TBTF.
In order to end TBTF, we must have a way that credibly convinces large financial firms and the markets that firms on the verge of failure will, in fact, be allowed to fail. If the resolution mechanism is either too vague or allows for too much discretion by regulators or Congress to rescue firms through subsidies or bailouts, then troubled firms will surely argue that the risks of failure are so severe and systemic that they must be bailed out. This is what we saw in the recent crisis. A credible commitment by government not to intervene or bail out firms must be the centerpiece of the resolution mechanism.
I believe the best approach to making such a credible commitment and thus ending TBTF is amending the bankruptcy code for nonbank financial firms and bank holding companies, rather than expanding the bank resolution process under the FDIC Improvement Act (FDICIA). While the Senate bill has tightened up the proposal with a stronger bias toward liquidating a troubled firm, the bill would still give a great deal of discretion to policymakers to avoid the discipline of a bankruptcy court. I recognize that the current bankruptcy code does not adequately address the inherent challenges in liquidating large financial institutions without risks to the market, but I believe a modified bankruptcy process would eliminate discretion and strengthen market discipline, by permitting creditors as well as regulators to place the firm into bankruptcy when it is unable to meet its financial obligations.
The Senate bill's proposal to restrict the Federal Reserve's supervisory authority to about 35 of the largest financial firms with $50 billion or more in assets further undermines the effort to end TBTF. The markets will likely interpret this provision as signaling that these firms are unique and will continue to be treated as TBTF. Many would assume that the language in the resolution section that emphasizes bankruptcy would not apply to these firms. This provision would, de facto, make the Federal Reserve supervisor of the firms deemed TBTF.
In addition, restricting the Federal Reserve's supervisory authority to these large firms would focus the Federal Reserve's attention more toward Wall Street and less on Main Street. Nearly a century ago, Congress established the Federal Reserve as a decentralized central bank, by chartering 12 regional Reserve Banks, overseen by the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. The structure provides checks and balances – between centralization and decentralization, between the public and private sectors, and between Wall Street and Main Street – all to ensure that policy decisions are balanced and independent.
Today, the Federal Reserve supervises about 5,000 bank holding companies and 850 state-chartered banks. These responsibilities help give the Fed direct contact and knowledge of banks and communities on Main Streets across America. In the Third District, the Philadelphia Fed supervises over 100 bank holding companies and 23 state-chartered member banks. These supervisory responsibilities support and complement the central bank's ability to meet its congressional mandates for financial stability and monetary policy. Losing direct supervision of all but the largest bank holding companies would dramatically reduce the Federal Reserve's abilities to monitor the economy and financial market developments, to act as an effective lender of last resort, and to identify risks to the financial system. That is why I believe the Fed must retain supervision of bank holding companies of all sizes and state member banks.
Finally, I am concerned that the bill contains provisions that seek to politicize the governance of the Federal Reserve, including making the New York Fed president a political appointee with a five-year term. This proposal would gravely dilute governance structures that have sheltered the central bank from short-term political influences. Fed Governors are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, but serve 14-year terms to encourage a long-term perspective and shelter them from partisan politics. Federal Reserve Bank presidents are selected in a nonpolitical process by their boards of directors, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors in Washington.
There are two important reasons for protecting monetary policymakers from direct political pressures. First, monetary policy affects the economy with sometimes long and variable lags. Monetary policy actions will not have their full effect on the economy for several quarters and perhaps as long as several years. Congress recognized that delegating monetary policy decision-making to an independent central bank with a long-term perspective would limit the temptation to pursue short-term gains at the expense of future outcomes.
The second important reason to give monetary policy decision-making to an independent central bank is to separate the authority of those in government responsible for making the decisions to spend and tax from those responsible for printing the money. This lessens the temptation for the fiscal authority to use the printing press to fund its public spending, thereby substituting a hidden tax of inflation in the future for taxes or spending cuts.
The Senate bill would create a new political appointee based at the New York Fed. The rationale for this change was that the New York Fed president has a permanent vote on the Federal Open Market Committee and traditionally serves as vice chairman of the FOMC, the main monetary policymaking body within the Fed. Congress gave votes on the FOMC to the seven Governors, to the New York Fed president, and to four other Reserve Bank presidents on a rotating basis. Changing the New York position to a Presidential appointee would greatly skew the center of power and influence to New York and Washington and further reduce critical input to monetary policy from the rest of our country. There would be a powerful temptation to mitigate the effects of a crisis using the Federal Reserve's power to print money, rather than through fiscal action. Even in normal times, added political pressure might keep interest rates lower in order to stimulate short-term growth, at the expense of long-term inflation. This is not a partisan issue. Political influence over monetary policy is dangerous no matter which party is in control.
I also stress that I do not raise these objections simply to maintain the status quo. The Federal Reserve should and will change to improve the strength and effectiveness of our nation's regulatory system. As I have outlined, I am for changes in bankruptcy laws to create a credible way to fail troubled nonbank financial firms, so we never again need to bail out individual firms. In recent months, I have also called for the following reforms:
Here in Philadelphia, just blocks from the Philadelphia Fed, you can find the vestiges of the First and Second Banks of the United States, two earlier attempts at a central bank, which both failed because they became embroiled in politics. I ask you to keep this historical perspective in mind as you weigh the decisions on financial reform in the weeks ahead. Above all, we should avoid any changes that would impede the Fed's ability to meet its congressionally mandated objectives for sound monetary policy to ensure price stability and maximum sustainable economic growth.
Charles I. Plosser
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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Here's some more good news for edubook owners. Barry Kauler is getting one (or two)
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Great! If that is the case, then this will probably also mean good support for Norhtec's "Surfboard" PC, too (having the same DeviceonChip system and all)!
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The "bad EIP" is due to the APM kernel module crashing when it loads.
I have reported on my blog how to fix this. The Flash BIOS needs to be upgraded, and I am developing a way for this to be easily done. I have posted some preliminary instructions for setup booting with GRUB4DOS, with a fat partition running FreeDOS, with the required msdos utility to do the Flash BIOS upgrade.
Someone posted that they bought the Gecko with Windows XP installed. I would very much like to communicate with that person. I want to know if it powers-down properly. All the Linuxes that I have tested, which are WattOS and Puppy 431 both provided by Norhtec, plus X-Linux from DMP (the manufacturers of the Gecko), will shutdown to "System halted" message on the screen, and I then have to hold down the power switch for 4 seconds to get it to power off.
If XP does power off properly, then at least I will know it is possible, and can work toward achieving that on Linux.
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Posts: 6815
Location: Chatham, Kent, UK
Posted: Sat 06 Feb 2010, 10:26
Post subject:
Hi guys
As a new owner of an Edubook, I haven't tried your methods yet....
I posted just the other day in Joe's Slaxer_Pup thread, that it failed to load, though pupeee 4.2, turbopup, & puppy 4..31 all load OK - well, to a desktop
I also suspected it was a usb/speed/delay issue
I also get spat off the net/browser crashes a lot [wired lan] - anyone else getting that?
I also seem to get a display OK, despite Xorg reporting using 1280x1200, despite requesting 600??
Kevin Bowers wrote:
.....but there's a small text file on the "Drivers" CD that came with the Edubook that tells you how to set the BIOS to install XP
Kevin, I didn't get a drivers CD with mine, can you post the text file, please
Early days yet awhile, and I'm busy trying to recover a crashed 200Gb hard drive, with loads of useful stuff on it, from my desktop box.....
Mine has XP installed, no shutdown problems
Thanks for the tips, do you know what Bios version is needed for the update?
Review here
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kevin bowers
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
Posts: 147
Posted: Sat 06 Feb 2010, 19:04
Post subject: BIOS settings, Poweroff
Here is the text from the "Drivers" CD:
Set BIOS for install Windows from USB CD-ROM
1. Load Optimal Defaults
2. Load Failsafe Defaults
3. Onboard IDE Operate Mode = Native Mode
4. USB 2.0 Controller Mode = FullSpeed
Yes, Barry, Windows XP shuts off the power automatically on the Gecko. Feel free to contact me anytime I can help anybody:
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Puppy Master
Joined: 09 May 2005
Posts: 9400
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Tue 09 Feb 2010, 20:07
Post subject:
Here is my summary of plus and minus points for the Gecko:
I will be posting a comment to that blog report, as pakt has been able to get Linux to power-off. So negative point number 2 can likely be scratched soon.
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Posts: 9
Posted: Sat 13 Feb 2010, 07:22
Post subject: ra0 module?
pskin, the module you had loaded on your puplet for the Edubook is not available on BarryK's unofficial 432 release. Can you make it available here?
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Posts: 18
Posted: Sun 14 Feb 2010, 17:48
Post subject:
The source can be downloaded here (RT3070USB v.22.214.171.124)
Several forum members have installed this module from source for puppy kernel 18.104.22.168
and for other versions of kernel 2.6.30, by following the instructions here:
Better still, I noticed that forum member Tempestuous has compiled the module
for puppy kernel 126.96.36.199 and uploaded it here:
(I have not tested this, but this is the easiest way if it works for you.)
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Posts: 4843
Location: Manila
Posted: Tue 27 Apr 2010, 12:32
Post subject: Video Driver
Michael sent this
latest video driver
for the Edubook (April 19, 2010 version).
Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice?
Get the sfs (English only)
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Posts: 1156
Location: Sweden
Posted: Wed 28 Apr 2010, 01:22
Post subject: Re: Video Driver
raffy wrote:
Michael sent this
latest video driver
for the Edubook (April 19, 2010 version).
Good news Raffy!
I wonder what kernel it's compiled for. Any clues?
EDIT: I meant what version of
is it compiled for
Methinks Raspberry Pi were ideal for runnin' Puppy Linux
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Posts: 18
Posted: Thu 30 Dec 2010, 21:53
Post subject: pup-431-edubook update
An update in the form of an xdelta3 patch for pup-431-edubook.iso
has been posted (thanks to ttuuxxx) at:
The update includes several improvements (rdc X driver, proper
shutdown, ...)
Details and discussion continued on the Surfboard thread:
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kevin bowers
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
Posts: 147
Posted: Sun 20 Mar 2011, 22:21
Post subject: Lucid Puppy 5.2 on the Gecko Edubook
I finally found time to try the updated 431 for the Gecko; sorry, I could not get it to boot into X at all. After hours of frustration I thought it couldn't hurt to try 5.2, and halleluiah! Sound! And of course X-windows. Sound, wi-fi, and shutdown have been the major headaches with this machine in Linux in general and specifically in Puppy. I believe pskin had to apply a kernel patch for audio in 431-edubook; in 5.2 it works out-of-the-box!
Still no native driver for the wi-fi dongle. This has been the case for every single distro I've tried on it. I finally scrapped it and replaced it with an Edimax nano. Still no native driver but it works fine with NDIS wrapper.
Still no auto shutdown. Anyone care to try applying Barry's patches to 5.2? I believe his fix involved a BIOS update.
Minor bugs: neither Abiword nor Geany will even open. OK, 5.2 already has nicoedit; I changed /usr/local/bin/defaulttexteditor to nicoedit. I need a full wordprocessor, so far I like Textmaker (in PPM) better than Abiword anyway. Also, gnome-mplayer crashes when trying to play mp3s (don't try to play videos of any sort on the Gecko). Deadbeef stutters if you so much as look at the mouse or touchpad. Lxmusic plays flawlessly, but when opening a file from Rox-filer it doesn't update its playlist. Not a big problem, it supports drag-&-drop.
Was it worth the trouble? Dunno yet. The latest Seamonkey works with Hotmail, but CatDude's useragent switcher had that problem licked anyway. I think the main advantage will be access to the huge software repositories for Ubuntu Lucid.
As always, good luck to anyone who's running one of these Edubooks, you'll need it!
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Posts: 19
Posted: Thu 14 Jul 2011, 08:47
Post subject: edubook and wary 5.1.2
Barry K, in his blog, was asking about mplayer and the edubook.
With the latest Wary everything works out of the box, i.e. sound, geany, seamonkey etc with the exception of mplayer.
Rather than messing around I installed VLC or Xine and had no more problems - can play all mutimedia.
Puppy is the best Linux for this rather poor-powered gadget.....
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REMEMBER the Chrysler K-car? Dave Schiff, a founder of Made Collection, a new flash-sale site that sells only American-made goods, hopes not.
When he was coming of age in the early '80s, the phrase "Buy American" was epitomized by Chrysler's boxy, style-challenged sedan, marketed as a star-spangled rebuke to the sleek imports of the day. In Mr. Schiff's view, you bought one to satisfy a patriotic duty, not a sense of style. " 'Made in the U.S.A.' came with baggage," he said.
Times have changed. Even as the "Made in the U.S.A." label has grown scarce, thanks to the offshore manufacturing in apparel and other industries, it has acquired cachet as a signifier of old-school craftsmanship, even luxury.
The movement has come far enough that Mr. Schiff, a former advertising executive from Miami, believed the time was right to start a Gilt-like shopping site for the Americana set, selling items like shuttle-loom jeans, lace baby dolls and a 19th-century-style baseball made of leather sourced from a Chicago tannery.
"The old 'Buy American' is get something lousy and pay more," said Mr. Schiff, 45. Now "it's a premium product."
Style bloggers were among the early adopters. " 'Made in U.S.A.' has gone through a rebranding of sorts," said Michael Williams, whose popular men's style blog, A Continuous Lean, has become an online clubhouse for devotees of American-made heritage labels like Red Wing Shoes and Filson.
But the embrace of domestic goods has also moved beyond scruffy D.J. types in Brooklyn who plunk down $275 for a pair of hand-sewn dungarees sewn from Cone denim from the company's White Oak plant in North Carolina. The adherents now include "urban creatives, high-net-worth individuals, locavores, liberals, conservatives," said Mr. Williams, who also represents some of these heritage brands as a marketing consultant.
In other words, Americana chic has gone mainstream. Just visit the nearest mall. Club Monaco unveiled a Made in the USA collection last year, in collaboration with Mr. Williams. J. Crew cashes in on Americana chic by selling domestically manufactured Alden shoes, Levi's Vintage Clothing jeans and Billykirk leather goods. Joseph Abboud's home page trumpets its collections as "Made in the New America."
The newfound pride also extends to American cities and smaller communities. Made in Brooklyn is a phenomenon so self-aware, there are stores like By Brooklyn that specialize in products made in the borough. Similarly, an old shoe-polish brand called Shinola has recently been revived to make upscale watches, bicycles and other crafted goods in Detroit and is being promoted as "Made in Detroit."
And in a survey last year of 1,300 affluent shoppers by Unity Marketing, a Pennsylvania-based consulting and marketing group, respondents ranked the United States first (higher than Italy or France) in perceived manufacturing quality of luxury goods.
Indeed, the "Made in the U.S.A." label has become chic in the eyes of well-heeled consumers not just in the United States, but also in Asia, said Paulette Garafalo, the president for international, wholesale and manufacturing at Brooks Brothers, which has increased production of shirts, suits and neckwear at its three American factories to meet growing demand. "People want the credibility of an American brand," she said.
The flight of American factory jobs has even become a heated issue in the presidential race, with President Obama and Mitt Romney trading jabs over being the "Outsourcer in Chief," to use Mr. Romney's phrase.
But while American-made goods are now fashionable, few have been willing to stake their professional future on it quite like Mr. Schiff. A former advertising executive at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami, who oversaw the introduction of Coke Zero, he left the firm in April to start Made with two other veterans from the agency, Scott Prindle and John Kieselhorst.
In a sense, they started two companies, which are based in Boulder, Colo.: Made Collection, the flash-sale site, and Made Movement, an advertising agency that represents companies that manufacture only in America. ("If Apple came to us, we'd have to turn them down," Mr. Schiff said.)
Unlike the typical Buy American sites, which feature crude graphics and a low-budget hodgepodge of pliers and rain boots, Made Collection has the slick yet earthy look of a Madewell campaign. Edie Ure, a former designer for Ralph Lauren and Anthropologie, serves as the site's curator, and she gives special consideration to design-forward wares that would not be out of place in a Monocle magazine gift guide.
Recent flash-sale items included a knot-back black swimsuit from Cala Ossidiana, a swimwear company based in New York. It sells for $295 and, according to a graphic accompanying each item, supports six American workers. For those with humbler tastes, there was an O.C.E. Hickory work shirt, produced by inmates in the Oregon correctional system as part of its job-training program, for $26.99.
The company grew out of Mr. Schiff's conviction that a manufacturing revival was crucial to a lasting economic recovery.
Made now counts 26 employees, and with a minimum of publicity, its site has 10,000 members. The ad agency has signed seven clients, including Emeco chairs, a Pennsylvania-based design company whose product sells at Design Within Reach, and New Belgium Brewing, based in Fort Collins, Colo., which brews Fat Tire ale.
Mr. Schiff practices what he preaches. For a recent lunch at the Ace Hotel in Manhattan, he wore Levi's premium shuttle-loom 501s made in Los Angeles. His tattooed arms poked out of a blue checked shirt by the boutique design house 8.15 August Fifteenth, made in New York City, which he spruced up with a seersucker bow tie by Gitman Bros., made in North Carolina. The only smudge on the stars-and-stripes tableau was his pair of Vans sneakers made in China.
"I would say most days, I'm at about 75 percent," he said, referring to how much of his outfit is American made. He never wants to become a fanatic, however. "If you become obsessive about it," he added, "it's an imposition versus a choice."


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|NBA Makes Progress In CBA Talks
|by Mike Fisher
|Sat, Oct 1, 2011, 03:16 pm
Assuming that our reading of tea leaves is correct, both NBA owners and players are finished with the rhetoric and ready to get down to business. Entering the weekend, there is reason for optimism ... to believe that at some point, perhaps even this weekend or early next week, both sides will shake hands on a deal - and then organized chaos will ensue.
Yes, we know that Friday's session, featuring a host of owners and (finally) some of the star players, was filled with intensity. ... intensity that reportedly included Dwyane Wade responding to commissioner David Stern's finger-wagging by saying, "Don't point your finger at me. I'm not a child."
But after the meeting Stern said, "The three big things are the system, the economics, and revenue sharing, and we've taken care of one,'' Stern said, indicating that the revenue sharing issue will be solved.
So for now, even after a summer of action that was like watching the drying of a product producted by a Vancouver exterior painting company ... our optimism stays. What we hear, and as reported by ESPN and others, there is reason to harbor some anticipation of a chance for the Dallas Mavericks to defend their title.
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written by Chris Ryder , October 20, 2011
... but this means the players will have to break the contracts they signed with European teams before the ink is dry. (Sigh) Way to make us look good.
I'm planning on watching more NCAA hoops in the interim, maybe longer. I've already bought Kentucky Wildcats tickets for the time being. I got them at http://amazonticketsonline.com/Kentucky-Wildcats, so I know I got a good deal.
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China's Liu Xiang, left, fails to clear the first hurdle in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat as he competes alongside Hungary's Balazs Baji at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on August 7, 2012.
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Liu Xiang, second left, and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite, right, both fell at the first hurdle. Poland's Artur Noga, left, pulled up with an injury as only five men finished the race.
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The Associated Press reports — Former world-record holder and 2004 champion Liu Xiang of China stumbled into the first hurdle and fell to the track in his opening heat Tuesday, his second consecutive first-round exit in the Olympic 110-meter hurdles.
Four years ago in Beijing his Olympics ended after two full strides, when he withdrew from his preliminary heat with right foot and hamstring injuries, disappointing his country of more than 1 billion people.
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This time, Liu made it only as far as the initial hurdle, knocking it down. He clutched his lower right leg and stayed down for a few moments. He eventually rose and hopped on his left foot along the outside of the race route.
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When he got to the spot of the 10th and final hurdle, he hobbled over to kiss it, then continued hopping until he got to the finish line.
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Another hurdler, Balazs Baji of Hungary, went over and raised Liu's hand in the air, as if to signify he was the winner. Then other competitors went over to offer handshakes of condolences. Eventually, Liu got into a wheelchair and was taken away from the track. Read the full story.
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I would like to log HTTP traffic through Orcon Genius. We all have 4 laptops, 2 smartphones, a tablet, an internet-connected TV, and game console. I'd like to know what internet traffic each device is causing.
Initially I was hoping I could do this with just the Orcon Genius. Unfortunately, The firmware UI doesn't allow it. Fortunately, it runs Linux, so I could enable it. And fortunately, it is running a telnet service open to the LAN. Unfortunately, no username/password combination I tried worked. Furthermore, Orcon support say "this service has been locked down in the firmware. There is nothing we can do to get this open for you.", which sounds suspiciously like nonsense to me: Why have telnetd running at all if it can't be used? Either they forgot to turn it off when customising the BoB2 firmware, or there really is a secret username/password somewhere that will let me get shell access so I can try to set up some logging. I've given up on Orcon support; they haven't been able to suggest any useful ideas for logging traffic.
So, what are my other options for being able to log traffic?
Should I get a switch with wireless, hook it up to orcon, and connect all my devices to the switch? And run some openwrt-derived software on the switch? If so, any switch recommendations?
Should I get a simple ADSL modem and get the orcon genius to access the internet via LAN to the modem? Will openwrt on a plain modem be able to tell the traffic apart for different devices in the LAN, or would the orcon genius already have done some sort of translation?
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From the Department of Ethics: The Used Car Salesman
Okay, I just wrote you to ask you a question about my 1991 Metro Geo convertible. I just could not resist telling you a story about this car. I bought this car in 1995 after selling my 1994 Honda Accord EX.
I used to be an emergency room doctor and my husband and I had just bought a home close to my work. I decided it was silly to pay $400-a-month car payments so I sold the Honda. I took the money we had from the sale of the Honda and decided to buy a little, cheap convertible.
Okay, so we went looking and in our hunt we pulled into a used-car lot because there was a yellow Mustang convertible. I got out of the car but my husband refused to get out. The salesman comes up and says, "Great little car, that would make you a nice little car to drive."
Well, while my husband is yelling at me, "It's a piece of junk," the salesman gets into the car to start it and it won't start; he couldn't find the jumper cables and continued to say what a nice little car it was.
This salesman was around 50ish, about 100 pounds overweight and chain smoking all the while he tried to start the car. I finally heeded my husband's yells and left the car lot. Two days later I am sitting at my desk and the nurse comes in to tell me there is a patient to be seen in the cardiac room; a man with chest pain. I walk into the room and there lies the used-car salesman.
The first thing that comes out of his mouth is, "Don't buy that Mustang!" No joke.
The nurse looked at me and asked, "Do you know him?" I guess he had some idea that he might be close to meeting his maker and wanted to set the record straight. Either that or he knew I had the jumper cables in this case and he was hopeful I would be able to find them.
He was sent to the cardiologist and underwent open-heart surgery about two days later. This is a poetic lesson for all you used-car salesmen.
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